Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level meeting for the signing ceremony of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, in Addis Ababa on 24 February:

On 21 February 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the two entries specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

On 21 February 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. Subject to paragraph 32 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012), the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of the same resolution no longer apply to the entry set out below.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the “A Day without News” campaign on 22 February:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the 2013 session of the Special Committee on Decolonization in New York on 21 February:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of "Building a Better Future for All: Selected Speeches of the United Nations Secretary-General", as prepared for delivery, today in New York:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly at the launch of the International Year of Quinoa 2013, in New York, 20 February: